Irene Damota, principal at Whittier School in Chicago, talks about challenging
all students to reach their educational potential. Excerpted from the video series
Schools That Work: The Research Advantage, videoconference #3, Children
as Explorers (NCREL, 1991).
"It's a matter of knowing that it's child has in him the potential of being the scientist for he is human, for she is human. It's a matter of given access to thought. It's matter of all teachers can teach and all children can learn."
This Critical Issue was researched and written by Marvin Christensen, Science Professional Development Specialist, Midwest Consortium for Mathematics and Science Education, North Central Regional Educational Laboratory, Oak Brook, Illinois.
Date posted: 1996